Pay Day (1922) :
Brief Review -
This Charlie Chaplin Comedy Pays you Full On Entertainment without any Deductions. Pay Day is a funny name for this film in many ways but you have to watch the film for that because i am not gonna go on and spoil the metaphors here. To be Frank, this Chaplin deserves a deduction in rating for coming late. I just couldn't digest the fact that he made this film after he made Cult Classic 'The Kid' (1921) - his first Full-length comedy. Well, he had many great short comedies before 'The Kid' too and i happened to have seen some of them like 'Easy Street' (1917), 'The Immigrant' and 'A Dog's Life' (1918) just to name a few. Making "Pay Day" after The Kid is the only mistake he has done here, otherwise he is just unbeatable in this film as a writer, actor, producer and director. This time he does not a play a tramp but a worker for a change. After a difficult day at work, a bricklayer tries to enjoy his pay day without his wife knowing. In first 7-8 minutes it is sensational laugh riot with creative use of properties. Those three floors i mentioned were meant for this. Perhaps, the most creative use of properties in any Chaplin film i have seen so far. It reminded me of Buster Keaton's comedies, you know, his films had that creatively designed House and Premises and here Chaplin made it a work place. That excellent use of Elevator and Floors to put the Bricks, i just can't imagine how they managed to performed it, shoot it so well and then edited so perfectly. How? Chaplin catching those bricks was like a practice session of breathtaking Acrobatics. Hats off to him for such clean-cuts, something what many filmmakers and actors failed to get even after decades with advanced technologies and easier work profiles. Overall, Pay Day is a fulfilling salary package you expect from Chaplin as a viewer and he pays you full and hard.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
This Charlie Chaplin Comedy Pays you Full On Entertainment without any Deductions. Pay Day is a funny name for this film in many ways but you have to watch the film for that because i am not gonna go on and spoil the metaphors here. To be Frank, this Chaplin deserves a deduction in rating for coming late. I just couldn't digest the fact that he made this film after he made Cult Classic 'The Kid' (1921) - his first Full-length comedy. Well, he had many great short comedies before 'The Kid' too and i happened to have seen some of them like 'Easy Street' (1917), 'The Immigrant' and 'A Dog's Life' (1918) just to name a few. Making "Pay Day" after The Kid is the only mistake he has done here, otherwise he is just unbeatable in this film as a writer, actor, producer and director. This time he does not a play a tramp but a worker for a change. After a difficult day at work, a bricklayer tries to enjoy his pay day without his wife knowing. In first 7-8 minutes it is sensational laugh riot with creative use of properties. Those three floors i mentioned were meant for this. Perhaps, the most creative use of properties in any Chaplin film i have seen so far. It reminded me of Buster Keaton's comedies, you know, his films had that creatively designed House and Premises and here Chaplin made it a work place. That excellent use of Elevator and Floors to put the Bricks, i just can't imagine how they managed to performed it, shoot it so well and then edited so perfectly. How? Chaplin catching those bricks was like a practice session of breathtaking Acrobatics. Hats off to him for such clean-cuts, something what many filmmakers and actors failed to get even after decades with advanced technologies and easier work profiles. Overall, Pay Day is a fulfilling salary package you expect from Chaplin as a viewer and he pays you full and hard.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.